Masterchef star John Torode isn’t having much luck cooking during lockdown.
After he caused panic on This Morning when he accidentally started a fire in his kitchen while filming from in his north London home, he’s had another snafu while brewing his own special sauce.
The TV cook, 54, was mixing what he called Mr John’s Sauce – a red gooey concoction – as he was filmed by his wife Lisa Faulkner.
Kitchen nightmares! Masterchef star John Torode isn’t having much luck cooking during lockdown, having caused panic on This Morning recently by accidentally started a fire with a tea towel, and now suffering another snafu while brewing his own special sauce
The pair joked about how the sauce is so good it will go global; but in the next video, posted to Lisa’s Instagram, disaster had struck.
‘John’s had an accident!’ Lisa, 48, reported, flipping the camera round to see the sauce all over the floor, walls and countertops.
The chaos was made worse by the couple’s dog, Rory, who ran into the kitchen and started licking the mess up from the floor.
Lisa documented the culinary disaster by scanning the kitchen with her phone, noting that it was everywhere – including splattered all over a portrait of Rory.
Splatter! The TV cook, 54, was mixing what he called Mr John’s Sauce – a red gooey concoction – which ended up all over the walls
Documenting the disaster: He was filmed by his wife Lisa Faulkner who reported that he’d ‘had an accident’. The chaos was made worse by the couple’s dog, Rory, who ran into the kitchen and started licking the mess up from the floor
Saucy! John laughed off the explosion as Lisa filmed him
Cleaning up: Lisa documented the culinary disaster by scanning the kitchen with her phone, noting that it was everywhere – including splattered all over a portrait of Rory
Two weeks ago to the day, John was making his own version of McMuffins live on This Morning when a tea towel which had been sitting on top of his oven suddenly caught on fire.
Hosts Holly Willoughby and Phillip Schofield shouted: ‘John! Your tea towel is on FIRE! Behind you, behind you, John!’
‘Turn around, turn around, behind you, on fire….!’ but John did not seem to notice at first because he was so engrossed in his presenting duties.
John then noticed and calmly said, ‘Oh, thank you,’ as he picked up the flaming rag and Holly and Phil pulled their hands to their faces in shock.
John then carried the tea towel to the sink to put water on it in order to stamp it out and smoke billowed up in plumes.
OMG! Two weeks ago to the day, John was making his own version of McMuffins live on This Morning when a tea towel which had been sitting on top of his oven suddenly caught on fire
Fire! Fire! Holly Willoughby and Phillip Schofield noticed the fire and tried to alert John as they screamed but he didn’t notice at first
He’s in the zone: As the tea towel set alight, John was so engrossed in his presenting duties, he did not hear Phil and Holly’s screams
‘I’m just going to open the back door,’ John said.
Holly then said: ‘Oh my gosh, are you OK? You were so calm about that.’
‘Well, he didn’t know,’ Phillip said while nervously giggling.
Among all the panic, John’s fire alarm then went off as he continued to film live.
Tasty muffins: As John held up his buns, a disaster was taking place behind him
Safety is everything: Springbourne fire station had some wise words to pass on about the incident
John said: ‘Brilliant. It’s alright. Right, we’re all back now, all calm. Ok, your eggs are steamed and cooked…
Holly said from the studio: ‘Ok so I’m buttering my muffin
John quipped: ‘Is it nice buttering your muffin Holly?’
Later on in the show, John returned to reassure viewers that all was well.
Holly asked him: ‘You put it out very calmly in the sink. Are you OK?’
John replied: ‘I’m really good thank you, I’ve cleaned out and washed it away, everything is clean and lovely. The full recipe is up now. I’ve got to say Phillip, I think yours was great.’
Phillip said: ‘Thank you, you didn’t burn yourself did you?’
John replied: ‘No, no, the towel itself just caught fire, I put it in the sink. But yeah, all good thank you.’
The people have spoken: A host of memes also quickly materialised shortly after John’s mishap
The shock event caused viewers to post a series of memes mocking John, from The Fresh Prince Of Bel Air, Everybody Loves Raymond and Mrs Doubtfire to name a few.
People tweeted things like: ‘Nothing could have been a better gift today than John Torode’s tea towel catching on fire on This Morning.’
‘John Torode just cooking whilst his house burns down is a mood for 2020 #ThisMorning.’
‘John Torode setting fire to his tea towel live on This Morning is the highlight of my life!!! #ThisMorning.’
SOS! Holly threw her hands to her mouth in horror and Phil tried to stop his giggles as John threw the tea towel in the sink
That could have been terrible: As smoke billowed out of his sink, John’s fire alarm started to go off amid the panic
It’s fair to say that people only saw the funny side because there was no harm done.
The Springbourne Fire Station tweeted: ‘Just watching This Morning with John Torode. Please don’t leave tea towels on your hob.
‘Accidents can happen to anyone, including professional chefs. His smoke detector did go off which shows the importance of working smoke alarms.’
Phew! People saw the funny side but only because John had ended up being safe